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Published online 15 October 2004 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news041011-15
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Malaria vaccine shows promise
Largest childhood trial of jab raises prospect of routine inoculation.
For the first time, a vaccine in a clinical trial has convincingly shielded children in Africa from contracting malaria.
Researchers hope the results will pave the way for routine jabs in countries stricken by the mosquito-borne disease, which kills an estimated 1 million people every year.
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